I've always read that highly able students should be given an above level test, but I thought it was akin to giving an above level achievement test, but it's not. The questions are scaled and weighted differently depending on perceived difficulty, with a greater number of difficult questions on a higher level test. Students can get the same scaled score by getting fewer items correct on the higher level.
What's above level? Is the CogAT age- or grade-based? DS9 will have to take this test in a new school for GT program identification. He's skipped 4th and will be in 5th this year. I'm wondering if he will be given an above level test because he'll be in 5th?? It would really suck if he didn't meet the criteria for GT, yet was grade-skipped, LOL!
